Confined Together with the Horror Game’s Male Lead - Chapter 84
Chapter 84
Translator: Yonnee
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“I detest losing.”
I smiled brightly, hugging the painting Felix had thrown.
Unaware of what I intended to do next, Felix’s eyebrows lifted.
“…Charlotte, what are you trying to do?”
Dietrich, sensing something ominous, quickly called my name.
“But what I detest even more is being played with.”
Having touched the painting, it was obvious what was going to happen next.
“I trust you. Be sure to steal the ring.”
With the painting tightly in my grasp, I interlocked my fingers firmly and leaned over the stairway.
My center of gravity quickly descended.
The monsters focused their gaze on me, holding the painting.
Yes, come this way.
[ For touching the painting, Charlotte, maid of this mansion, shall be dealt with a penalty. ]
After ascending to the second floor, the content of the game began to change.
Caught in an inescapable cycle, I was toyed with and manipulated repeatedly.
I ran in the hamster wheel, fooled by the illusion of an exit.
But I no longer intend to run in the same place.
I will choose my own ending.
* * *
“Charlotte!”
Dietrich attempted to catch Charlotte, who had jumped down the stairs, but she plummeted with unstoppable speed.
—Grrr!
Countless monsters swarmed over her.
Dietrich intended to cut through the monsters to rescue her.
But then—
Thunk!
As Felix stabbed him, Dietrich’s body was cut once more.
At that moment, Dietrich thought, foolishly, it was fortunate that the wound was on his own body, not Charlotte’s.
“Where are you going? I’m right here.”
“……”
“I already figured that she didn’t care about her own life, but she really is a mad woman, huh? Ahahaha! To choose death like that!”
Felix burst into raucous laughter. He still wanted to enjoy it more.
Intent on stabbing Dietrich again, he raised the knife.
Just as he was about to strike down with fierce speed—thwack!—something flew like a fierce whirlwind, knocking the knife away.
Felix blinked, unable to grasp the situation immediately.
But Dietrich did not waste time.
He kicked the fallen knife away and then grabbed Felix’s face with his palm, pressing him down to the ground.
“Ugh!”
Dietrich twisted the man’s arm to restrain him and quickly snatched the ring.
“What…! My ring!”
It took merely three seconds to steal the ring.
It was a bold move that Felix hadn’t even considered when he took Charlotte hostage.
Felix tried to grab Dietrich’s collar to reclaim his ring, however.
Snap—
The button that was always done up to the top popped off, revealing the emblem etched near Dietrich’s neck.
Upon seeing the emblem, Felix froze and stared at Dietrich.
“This emblem…”
Felix knew what this emblem was.
It symbolized ‘The Children of the Temple’.
The same group that had swiftly annihilated the notorious group of bandits.
“Your name, Dietrich…”
He had heard of it before.
Dietrich, the man who was once the leader of ‘The Children of the Temple’ and a hero who had earned great honors in war.
“Why would such a person…”
Dietrich unhesitatingly swung his fist at Felix.
“Ugh, agh!”
A single solid blow left Felix disoriented, screaming.
After returning from war, Dietrich had lived a life where he could not bear to inflict violence on another human.
But at this moment.
He unleashed all the restraint he had held back, emitting such brutal murderous energy like a wild beast.
Felix, having lost his ring, was nothing more.
The man who had been so arrogantly blustering was knocked out with just one hit.
Dietrich stood up with his sword. He had to save Charlotte.
He slaughtered the clinging monsters. Cut through and cut through.
But it seemed endless.
He needed to hurry, but unable to do as he intended, he felt suffocated by frustration.
Then, suddenly.
Whoosh!
A fierce blaze engulfed the area below where Charlotte had fallen.
…No!
Charlotte, Charlotte…
“Charlotte…”
He feared that among those ashes, there might be an unrecognizable entity that was once her.
Dietrich plunged into the flames.
…No matter what happened, he must find her.
This was not merely the sense of duty to save lives.
A different kind of determination surged within him.
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